http://www.nodirtygold.org/community_voices.cfm
If you want to explore how gold mining has affected some communities and the environment, take a look at this website. Recommended for older students.
This page provides information on the history of immigration of peoples to New Zealand. Covers the years between 1825 and the present day including immigration of the English, S...
This site gives information about the Otago Goldfields. Includes the miner's legacy, historical sites, goldmining today, photos, maps, the gold rush heritage trail, travelling i... http://www.nzsouth.co.nz/goldfields/
This is the geology section of the helpline for New Zealand science and mathematics teachers. Teachers can send questions to experts from the University of Otago departments of... http://www.sciences.otago.ac.nz/nztsh/tshgeol.htm
This web page describes the hard lives of some women who ventured to the Californian goldfields in 1840. Includes information on Lotta Crabtree, the best known comedienne of her...
Earth Science -
National Library Of New Zealand http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/curriculum-service-online-request-form
The historical goldmine in Thames website. Contains good resources for schools especially if you take your class to explore the mine there. http://www.goldmine-experience.co.nz/
Gold Rush The Early Days - http://tpo.tepapa.govt.nz/ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp?ExhibitionID=0x000a4c4e&ExhibitID=0x000a4c57&Language=English
http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/MineralResources/en
A wonderful website for everything you want to know about New Zealand. If you want to look at mining of natural resources in New Zealand, this site is a mine of information!
http://www.nodirtygold.org/community_voices.cfm
If you want to explore how gold mining has affected some communities and the environment, take a look at this website. Recommended for older students.
History of Immigration - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
This page provides information on the history of immigration of peoples to New Zealand. Covers the years between 1825 and the present day including immigration of the English, S...
http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZeala...andPeoples/HistoryOfImmigration/en
New Zealand's Otago Goldfields
This site gives information about the Otago Goldfields. Includes the miner's legacy, historical sites, goldmining today, photos, maps, the gold rush heritage trail, travelling i...
http://www.nzsouth.co.nz/goldfields/
New Zealand Teachers' Science Helpline - Geology
This is the geology section of the helpline for New Zealand science and mathematics teachers. Teachers can send questions to experts from the University of Otago departments of...
http://www.sciences.otago.ac.nz/nztsh/tshgeol.htm
No Place for a Woman?
This web page describes the hard lives of some women who ventured to the Californian goldfields in 1840. Includes information on Lotta Crabtree, the best known comedienne of her...
http://www.malakoff.com/tcnpfaw.htm